Before Central Hospital is permitted to open and provide medical services in a particular state, the healthcare entity must first go through which of the following processes?

Use the following table to answer the question.  Virginia is calculating the MS-DRG for inpatient admission. Which of the following is not a valid refinement question for the MS-DRG set in the table above?   MS-DRG MS-DRG Title 080 Nontraumatic stupor & coma with MCC 081 Nontraumatic stupor & coma without MCC 082 Traumatic stupor & coma, coma >1 hour with MCC 083 Traumatic stupor & coma, coma >1 hour with CC 084 Traumatic stupor & coma, coma >1 hour without CC/MCC 085 Traumatic stupor & coma, coma

What is the red cell protein that is responsible for formation of the deformable biconcave disk?

Abnormal hemoglobins, such as carboxyhemoglobin, have a lower affinity for oxygen

All of the following are extrinsic causes of premature RBC lysis (before 120 days are up) except:

Iron supplementation is contraindicated or not helpful in all of the following conditions except:

The specimen used in hematology is:

Heme is synthesized in the precursor RBC cells in circulation.

The beta thalassemias result from which of the following?

Hemoglobin synthesis is observed in all of the following erythrocyte stages, except: (listed using College of American Pathologists terminology)